#all bildad tags

[hoarder-of-dragons]

Me: feeling sad Bildad the Shuhite appears in my bedroom: Psst here's a goat don't be sad *✨disappears in glitter✨* Me: confused (but no longer sad) with a goat

[mizgnomer]

Behind the Scenes with Job and his family (and Crowley/Bildad and Aziraphale) in Good Omens Season 2

with extra thanks to Georgia Tennant and Neil Gaiman for sharing some of these photos with us

Bonus:

[larphis]

You know I can’t help but giggle when thinking back to the times pre-Good Omens season 2 when all we had were the set pics and teaser snippets and how everyone was just hating MASSIVELY on one very specific Crowley look and then, cut to some months later, we were introduced to that look as Bildad the Shuhite who is now an absolute fan favorite.

So if you ever look in the mirror and aren’t pleased with your appearance just think of our favorite midwife/cobbler. Character is so much more important than looks.

[werexpuppy]

I love the 1941 era, it gave us so many lovely scenarios and fics to play with (¬‿¬)🔥 and it's hard to resist her in that suit n tie 💕

I know a certain fussy angel has pictures perfect memory and saves those moments to sketch up later, then fumble around and hide as them hips swagger in with a HEY ANGEL!! WHATCHU DOIN?!🤣🤣🤣

Also the wonderfully helpful nightingales of Tumblr have provided some divine inspiration!

Such as our favorite midwife/cobbler!!

✨Bildad the Shuite✨ Need any shoes?

And our man bun ICON!! (//∇//)💕 It’s a crime against humanity we didn’t get to see this Crowley longer! I loved this look!!

As always I'm open to more suggestions on your favorite Crowley era! If you got one feel free to drop them like a sassy blonde dropping their dark brooding-you know what… Still too soon 💔

➡️ I’ll be adding more batches soon so stay tuned and check out the others I’ve done!! (ΦωΦ)

Reblogs with hilarious tags are more than welcome 💕

*I mentioned it in my first post but I'll be cosplaying as Aziraphale at next year's cons and I'll be setting up my booth to look like the bookshop! So I'll be selling all my good omens sketches and merch as the softest angel xD

[goodomenscalendar]

What is this? | Submit your own event!

Ongoing Events

I Like Pears Zine Volume 2 | Fundraising ends April 19

I Like Pears is a Good Omens cookbook fanzine with a focus on food, beverages, stories, art, and the recipes that accompany these works. This digital zine is free, but any donations collected before April 19th will be sent to World Central Kitchen! - Tumblr - Twitter - Instagram -

GOAD: A Week of WAMEN | Running until May 1

Get your femme ineffable content ready! We want to see your art, soak up your fics, read your comments and meta of all things femme Good Omens! The week-long event will kick off when we reach 8008 members! - Reddit - Tumblr -

It Began in a Garden Zine | Pre-orders open now!

A fanzine celebrating Aziraphale and Crowley's retirement to a peaceful cottage in the South Downs. - Tumblr - Twitter -

Good Omens for Palestine | Fundraising open now!

Good Omens for Palestine: A Charity Fanzine is a project dedicated to raising money for Palestinian aid. All proceeds will be donated to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA). - Tumblr - Twitter - Instagram -

Twin Passions: A Bildad Zine | Fundraising open now!

Charity digital zine focused on Bildad era Crowley, fundraising period to benefit RAINN and Safeline! There are 2 editions available for instant download, plus digital extras. Both SFW (shoemaking) and NSFW (obstetrics) versions available! - Tumblr - Twitter - Instagram - Bluesky -

Ineffable Romans Contest | Submit your entries now!

Write, draw, cosplay or more the Ineffable Romans and tag @angellilou-art to be included in the digital version of the Ineffable Romans illustrated book! Three lucky pieces will be chosen to be featured in the printed version! Both SFW and NSFW content allowed. - Tumblr - Kickstarter -

Good Omens Minisode Minibang | 16+ | Sign-ups open now!

A reverse bang revolving around the theme of Good Omens historical minisodes. Both SFW and SFW content allowed. - Tumblr -

Good Omens Fairy Tale Bang | Artist Sign-ups open now!

This is a Good Omens Mini Bang themed entirely around Fairy Tales! Writing your own or adapting a favorite! All versions of all Fairy Tales and Mythology are welcome! Both SFW and NSFW content allowed. - Tumblr -

Good Omens Spooky Bang | Sign-ups open now!

A spooky Good Omens bang to kick off the autumn season! Whether it's Aziraphale pumpkin-picking, a pumpkin spice latte coffee shop AU, or Hell hosting a Halloween bash, you're invited to the Spooky Bang! Both SFW and NSFW content allowed. - Tumblr -

Monster Bangers Bang | 18+ | Interest Check open now!

Calling all monster-fuckers! A Good Omens bang devoted to monster banging. - Tumblr -

Flash Fiction Fridays | Weekly on Fridays

Flash Fiction Friday is a fun writer event that’s meant to inspire, share and connect writings of all genres and writers of all ages. - Tumblr -

Upcoming Events

DIWS: Silver Screen Bang | Sign-ups open April 19

The Good Omens Silver Screen Bang brings writers and artists together to retell a movie through a Good Omens lens! AUs and fusions welcome! Hosted by do-it-with-style events; both SFW and NSFW content allowed. - Tumblr - Twitter -

High Pollen Count! | 18+ | Posting begins April 22

A rules-loose Good Omens event centering around sex pollen. Featuring both NSFW and SFW works! - AO3 Collection -

Good Omens Big Bang | Sign-ups open May 1

A classic big bang, all about Good Omens! Both SFW and NSFW content allowed. - Tumblr -

[good-omens-gallery]

✨ Welcome to the Good Omens Gallery ✨

Celebrating and sharing fanart from all iterations and eras of Good Omens.

All art is tagged with themes, tropes, eras, etc., making art searchable by all of these factors using the links below. Art is tagged with as many factors as apply to a work. This means that when viewing the "wings" tag, for example, art that is also tagged for mature or nsfw factors may also show in results. Please keep this in mind when browsing by tags and block tags you do not want to see.

To search for art by artist, go to the Good Omens Gallery home page and input an artist's tumblr handle in the search field.

Tags on this post are specific to Crowley and Aziraphale. Additional tags are linked at the bottom of this post.

🎨

Crowley & Aziraphale

Crowley + Aziraphale 💛

Ineffable Wives (both femme presenting)

Reverse Omens (Demon Aziraphale, Angel Crowley)

Ineffable Parents (co-parenting family, plants, critters, +)

Critter Omens (anthropomorphic rep)

Aziraphale

Aziraphale (all)

Angel Aziraphale

Artist Aziraphale

Aziraphale in alternate clothing

Aziraphale in glasses

Aziraphale whump

Bamfziraphale

Detective Aziraphale

Fell the Marvelous

Femme presenting Aziraphale

Brother Francis

Bearded Aziraphale

Protective Aziraphale

Serving face Aziraphale

Supreme Archangel Aziraphale

True angel form Aziraphale

Crowley

Crowley (all)

Bildad the Shuhite

Crawly

Crowley being a sh!t

Crowley loves critters

Crowley whump

Disco Tony

Duke of Hell Crowley

Femme presenting Crowley

Flustered Crowley

Hero Crowley

Long hair Crowley

Nanny Ashtoreth

ngk!

Plant parent Crowley

Protective Crowley

Snek Crowley

Starmaker (pre-fall Crowley)

Themes

Almost kiss

Angel tummy

Angst

Arm in arm

Aziraphale loves food

Aziraphale removes Crowley's glasses

Body swap

Book reference

Comfort (h/c)

Cooking & Baking

Crowley likes to watch

Crying

Dancing

Date night

Ducks!

Fallen

Flaming sword

Flirting

Freckles

Gardening

Gift giving

Holding each other

Holding hands

(On) Holiday/Vacation

Hugging

Invisible unbreakable thread

Jealousy

Kissing

Laughing

Marriage & Proposing

Musicians

Picnic

Pining

Possessive

Pregnancy

Pyjamas

Saucy (suggestive/mature)

Scars

Sleeping

Snuggling in blankets

Sock suspenders

South Downs

Spicy Omens (nsfw)

Stargazing

Sweet talk

Tattoos

Teasing

Thick thighs save lives

Thirsting

Undressed (partially or fully)

Wings

Wing grooming

Because tumblr limits the number of links in a post, the following tag categories can be found at the link below:

Art by eras & scenes

Art by characters & ships

Art by holidays & special celebrations

Art by type

Art by posting year

Good Omens Gallery Filter Tags, Part 2

[leoreadss]

Who's chopping onions?

@snognes @crowleysgirl56 @phoen1xr0se @di-42 @sluttyboisbringmelife

'Hugs and kisses, God' - Bildad the Shuhite

:🤎 ~ BEAUTIFUL PERSON AWARD! Once you are given this award you're supposed to paste it in the asks of 8 people (or more) who deserve it. If you break the chain nothing happens, but it's sweet to know someone thinks you're beautiful inside and out!!!!! ~ 🤎

YIPPPEEEEE thak you Captain :3

Im too tired to gonthroufh 8 peoples blogs so get tagged

@creatorbiaze @zyrtecbrainrot @tomkittycat @aredeemantagonist

@star-tb @starrykinstellation @diseasedflesh @jabberwock-islanders

[actual-changeling]

Do you think Crowley would be more emotionally open without Aziraphale? I’ve never thought about it, but I’ve just read the tags of your last ask and now I’m really interested

Short answer? Yes, absolutely.

Long answer? Also yes, but it's complicated. <- past me was correct, this got very long, my apologies.

What-if scenarios are always part canonical evidence/part subjective interpretation, because the only Crowley we know is the one who spent six thousand years orbiting Aziraphale.

Still, there was a pre-Aziraphale him, up until Job I presume, which is when they started being lonely together, and we do see what they were like!

The Starmaker is his 'before', the being he was before the doubt, the war, the fall. Before hell and the garden and Aziraphale. She is the blueprint the Crowley we know is built on. In the short time we have with her, she's incredibly emotive—with both positive and negative emotions—and her body language is soft, almost fluid.

Showing emotions is simply a natural part of being a person, and what exactly that looks like obviously varies; but this angel has never been punished for doing so. There are no consequences, it's safe to exist however she wants (though not much longer).

After this, we get Crawley what I assume is more or less a short amount of time after the fall. Everyone got settled in hell, and once the institution was functional, they now needed to actually have humans running around on earth. Otherwise there are no souls to torture.

Even here, Crawley is still open, still smiling, still soft, although a bit more covert in their body language. She laughs and—this is the important part—questions God right on there on the walls of Eden.

Even after falling for asking question, she does not stop, not for one moment. Despite the trauma they undoubtedly must have gone through, Crawley sees an angel, slithers up to him, and strikes up a conversation, trusting that he will not hurt them.

Now, this is where subjective interpretation comes in, because we have no information of what the fall was actually like. They got punished for asking question, for rebelling, for trying to change the system—but in my opinion, they never got punished for having emotions.

In the modern day, angels are terrified of making mistakes or asking question, but they are still emotive, they physically express their feelings. Some are more intense in their expressions, others subdued, but from Muriel all the way to Gabriel, they talk about emotions, they show emotions, and that in of itself is not a crime.

Hell is just as—if not more—emotional than heaven. Just remember Hastur when Ligur was melting and then later during the trial, or Beelzebub when ze summons Crowley in the first episode.

Yes, they communicate in code a lot, but only when it comes to very specific kinds of information and interactions, not when someone is going insane over the blaring alarm.

Why does all of this matter?

Because it proves that the level of emotional suppression Crowley and particularly Aziraphale have reached is not taught by either heaven or hell.

Instead, just like Aziraphale's claims that 'heaven is watching', it is a rule system instated by himself for himself, and by extension for Crowley; he set the requirements for interaction and forced Crowley to meet them if he wanted to be around him.

We don't see Crowley laugh the way he did as Bildad or the Starmaker anymore, we never see him carefree or joyous or sad. I mean for fuck's sake, he HIDES behind his glasses, a physical manifestation of the repression he's caught in.

Humans wouldn't notice his eyes in the same way the police doesn't notice them at the convent in Tadfield. The glasses show up during Job, and we know Crowley already had a plan to go against orders, so glasses it is. However, he doesn't wear them during the crucifixion, which comes after Job. Crowley tells us she spent a lot of time with Jesus, so you'd expect her to be wearing them, but she isn't—whatever her relationship with Jesus was, she seemed to trust him a lot, and Aziraphale wasn't around.

Aziraphale is the one who demands silence, who never wants to talk about anything he himself hasn't approved as a 'safe' topic, he and his fucking forgiveness whenever Crowley questions God, calling him a demon and pushing him away whenever he openly shows affection towards Aziraphale.

So yeah, of course Crowley cannot regulate his emotions and has no idea how to express himself now, Aziraphale has shoved a gag down his throat for six thousand bloody years and still wants it to stay in place. Our closed-off Crowley would not exist without Aziraphale's continuous presence in his life, and that is a hill I am more than willing to die on.

Crowley is getting his heart broken in the worst, most violent way imaginable both times. But now? His face is stone and steel, one third of it hidden away behind black-out glasses. No tears, no words, no desperation, no flying hands or fluidly moving body.

This is the kind of person you become when someone else forces you to make yourself small, when emotions are punished and affection withheld until you act the way they want. It's horrible, it's unhealthy, and it destroys parts of yourself that you will never get back, no matter how hard you try.

So, in conclusion, yes, without Aziraphale's influence, Crowley would be softer, more open, and we would still see remnants of the Starmaker in him—but we don't.

[elenthyaolyenths]

Zoey, about her OC Varachiel: "I do think she would be a pretty light blonde. maybe slightly tan skin, like she is in the sun a lot. And her eyes are grey!"

Elen: ...gotcha.

*cracks her fingers in Bildad mode*

Happy Birthday @vavoom-sorted-art !!!!!!!!!!

Thank you for everything, my dear M'am. You are a wonderful artist and a marvelous person!! I hope you had a great day!

July 12th it's Zoey/Zoey Time/Zaay-Zaay/Vavoom-Sorted-Art birthday!! (lol such many names for such a great artist and an amazing person!)

So, as a gift, here is her Original Character, the battle angel Varachiel, from the scrumptous "Astrobleme" comics she created with @daneecastle !

I met Zoey sooner this year and I'm so grateful to her, for all her advice and support as a colleague artist/art teacher and my dear friend. She said she pictured Varachiel as "a pretty light blond, maybe slighly tan skin". I hope she'll like my coloured version of Varachiel, I surely worked a lot and had so much fun drawing her suit and her wings!

Good Omens Tag list! Tell me if you want to be in or out!

@goodomensafterdark

@floscrap-blog @demonsandpieohmy @amagnificentobsession @captainblou

@ineffable-hyperfixation @quoththemaiden @paperclipninja @silverdphantom @neverlet

@fearandhatred @eybefioro @crowleys-bentley-and-plants @ashfae @malohkeh-main

@mad-aims @daisydimple20092 @seraphhiim

All my Good Omens art

Ko-Fi - Prints - LinkTree

[crowleyholmes]

hi there chris! since the new year is approaching rapidly, i wanted to ask my favorite creators (that includes you! i love your art!) how they look back on their 2023 tumblr year and which blogs made them happy to be here. i am very happy to follow you and hope you'll have a great 2024! 💘

Hiiii omg this is so sweet and means a lot to me, thank you! 🥺💕

I've been meaning to do a little end-of-the-year shoutout/love post for some of my favorite blogs, so I hope you don't mind if I use your ask as the perfect excuse!

I've had many fun years on tumblr, but this one has been extra special. Falling into the Good Omens fandom and meeting all of you amazing people has made this year so so SO much better than it otherwise would have been, so here are some special shoutouts (apologies, I'm sure this will get long, things like this tend to get away from me, so I'll put it under a read-more)

@majortomyourcurcuitsdead SASHA can you believe I was going to just send you an anon telling you that I think you're cool and leave it at that. Can you believe it. WELL thank Somebody you had your anon turned off and I had to expose myself in your dms because it feels like we just instantly connected about like 20 different things and haven't stopped talking since sskjdfhs anyway I'm so happy I met you you're so fun and so clever and so talented and so enthusiastic and I've only known you for like. What 2 months?? Ish? But I already love you so much <3

@lineffability !!! Line you are so *struggles to find words* you're just great is what you are okay. I feel like you are what happens when somebody takes a big cup and puts six shots of love, chaos, sunshine, talent, fun, and enthusiasm into it, generously sprinkles intelligence on top and gives it a good stir. I don't even remember how or when or why we started talking tbh? But your creativity is so inspiring, and some of my favorite tumblr-moments of this year have been 'yes-and'ing with you about one thing or another in a very >:3 manner hahah so! my point is! i love you lots <3

@dontbotheraziraphale Teeeedddd you're wonderful, I vented at you one time and then we talked for like 2 hours and at the end of that 1 conversation I already considered you a friend - and not just in that "tumblr mutuals who talk 1 time are my friends" kind of way but like. Genuinely. You're so kind and so fun and every time we talk it's such a good time ily a lot my bro my buddy my man <3

@crikey01 Tallulah HI I also completely forgot how we started talking but I remember connecting the dots that you were the one who painted those INSANE black and white and gold oil paintings and the way my jaw dropped like?? BRO you're so talented I admire you so much! And I love that we bonded over stopping each other from masochistically checking certain peoples' blogs... 😂 Anyway you're so sweet and fun and ily lots <3

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The list could probably go on but you four are the people I've talked to most on here and you're the tumblr chat boxes I never close but always just minimize and y'all better see this as the ultimate internet declaration of affection that it Clearly is >:D 💕

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And here are some more shout-outs because I just HAVE to.

Apologies, I know I've already tagged a bunch of you recently in a mutuals appreciation post but. This is my official thank-you-for-2023 post and I just have a lot of love for you all okay sorry feel free to ignore this <3

@rowan-ashtree (i'll text you back soon I promise I'm sorry I just haven't had the brain-space recently ssjkdfh) @crawley-fell (we've never talked but i love you from afar :')) @ineffabildaddy @llokilaufeyson @actual-changeling @saryasy @hyperfocusthusly @beccibarnes @rainbowcrowley @thesherrinfordfacility @goodoldfashionednightingale @wibbly-wobbly-blog @highlyillogicalandroid (i see your data obsession and i agree <3) @tortugay @foolishlovers @stargazing-crowley @gingiekittycat @weasleywrinkles @bildads-shoes @finleycannotdraw @bowtiepastabitch @heytherefluffy @samwwise @nocturnal-birb @athousandyearstime @angelsdiningattheritz @most-normal-eccles-cake-ignorer @jedthesecretdreamer @wraithee @hydrangeadangea @southfarthing @frodo-baggins @mobius-m-mobius

[sarahthecoat]

mmhmm! :)

I love how the whole fandom rioted when we saw Crowley with the Beard and now Bildad the Shuhite has become everyone's favourite Crowley persona.

[shutanic-temple-art-gallery]

Welcome to the Shutanic Temple Art Gallery

Welcome to all budding and accomplished artists on tumblr!

May our gallery be a signal booster for your artworks, which have been dropping in well before the opening, much to our delight. Without you, precious artists on tumblr, nothing of this would be possible.

Our gallery is dedicated to Bildad's world: the land of Uz, Sitis and Job, goats and crows, ox ribs, wine, a certain night in Job's cellar, a sweet and devouring angel of gluttony named Aziraphale* and above all our muse and saviour Bildad the Shuhite.

To be featured in the gallery, use our ask button or simply tag us when you post your Shutanic art. You may as well continue to submit your works directly to @bil-daddy or to me.

@loretta-dont-you-oppress-me

Art Curator of the Shutanic Temple Art Gallery

* @uziraphale

[celestialcrowley]

Nine People I’d Like To Get To Know Better

Tagged by @zeldamacgregor 💚

Wahoo — I love doing these things!

I’ve been awfully quiet here, but I’m okay.

🪽

Last song: I Am Here by P!nk. Good music.

Favorite color: Turquoise.

Currently watching: I just put on a movie called Something In The Woods. It’s probably going to be stupid. Scary movies aren’t made the way they used to be, and I miss those days.

Spicy, savory or sweet: Savory. Well, I suppose it depends on the day. Mostly savory, but I do like a bit of spice, and I’ve definitely got a sweet tooth.

Relationship status: Singleee and not ready to mingleee.

Current obsession: House <— I screamed when I saw all seasons were available on Prime. Good Omens, Dead Boy Detectives and Doctor Who.

No obligation tags: @belladonna413 @crowleysexpressoshot @crowleys-hips @tragic-cosmic-magic @ellietheduck @bildads-beard @ineffabildaddy @skinnyscottishbloke @jackinistafflower

[nicolegmattos]

So I thought I’d organize my blog before I start posting too much (more than I already am lol) and end up getting lost on my own mess.

Please feel free to ask any questions and make requests (one shots, incorrect quotes, poems…) or suggestions. I love writing and will gladly take them.

For now this is mainly a Good Omens blog but let’s see where Tumblr takes us.

Now don’t mind me, I’ll just leave this awfully long post here. Scroll down all the way if you want. You might find something you like 🙃

TEXTS

Poems

Everything I Lost

You Won’t Fall

I Fell For You

I’ll Never Be That Me Again

Good at Failing

One Shots

I Miss You

Together

Aziracrow React

TV Show Aziracrow X Book Aziracrow

Book Aziracrow Watch The Final Fifteen

Book Crowley’s New Look

Aziracrow Find Out About Tumblr

Book Aziracrow meet TV Show Crowley

Book Crowley and TV Crowley Swap

Aziracrow Coded

Good Omens X Epic: The Musical

Gabriel vs Crowley (Hazbin Hotel scene)

The Final Fifteen (by Hazbin Hotel)

Crowley X Varian (Tangled: The Series)

INCORRECT QUOTES

Good Omens

Strong or Weak

Where Gabriel Finally Realizes Crowley was Bildad the Shuhite

Pretending Gabriel is Invisible

Terrible Cooker

How to Win an Argument

Aziracrow Compete in a Game Show

Ineffable Twister

Accept Your Flaws

Under the Mistletoe

What’s up Anathema’s Sleeve?

When Aziracrow Fight

Nobody Died

Hazbin Hotel

Lucifer’s Perspective

GOOD OMENS FUN FACTS

“My Angel”

“Dear”

Bildad the Builder

“Southern Pansy”

Bildad is the new Barbie

Crowley’s Brazilian Voice Actor

MY CHRISTIAN BEST FRIEND REACTS TO GOOD OMENS

Season 1

Season 2

SOME STUFF

Funny Stuff

Good Omens

Loki

Cute Stuff

Sad Stuff (don’t say I didn’t warn you)

THOUGHTS, THEORIES, WISHES AND HEADCANONS

Good Omens

Jemima VS Gabriel (Jemima wins)

1941 photo

Good Omens book headcanon

Aziraphale and The Book Thief

“I won’t leave you on your own”

“Our car”

The “I Was Wrong”/“Apology” dance

“It’s always too late”

Aziraphale and the Good Omens Book

Special Spoilers S3

Angel Crowley X Eden Crowley

Cinematic Analysis of the Final Fifteen

Crowley loves rom-coms

S3 Ending

Free Will

Hazbin Hotel

Alastor’s Radio Broadcast

What I need to know/see in S2

I REACT TO…

The Good Omens Book

Staged

ASKS AND REQUESTS

TAGGING GAMES

MY FAVORITES

Good Omens

Fanarts

Reblogs

Hazbin Hotel

Fanarts

OTHERS

My mom and Good Omens

Crowley X Aziraphale

My journey on Tumblr

Good Omens Project (scenes)

Good Omens Cosplays

I knew DT and MS before knowing I knew them

Aziracrow have a specific type

I could fix them but they’d convince me instead

Playing Just Dance with my brother will never be tedious lol

[ingravinoveritas]

The people that keep saying not to ship Michael and David together in real life because of their relationships to Georgia and Anna are also the same ones who keep begging to have the two girls appear in the next season of GO as a couple because of Anna’s little joke of making out with Georgia. Seriously people saw that tweet of hers and immediately decided to ship them together and call them the “ineffable wives” but Michael and David have come out with soooo much more adorable moments of the love and joy they have for each other and everyone starts saying that it’s disrespectful to ship them when their “married” to females in real life 🤷‍♀️ I mean…. The hypocrisy is astounding and disturbing on levels I can’t even comprehend. The fact that Georgia, who is known to search her and David’s name on Twitter and answers back to anyone that tags or even mentions her didn’t even acknowledge Anna’s tweet says sooooooo much about this “best friend dynamic duo”. The fact that Anna is resorting to jokes about kissing another woman just for attention also…. WHEW. If this isn’t the biggest cry for attention I don’t know what is. And the fact that people feed into her attempts also and are petitioning for them to kiss and show up in GO!

Lord. I've seen so much talk about casting female actresses in regard to fem-presenting Aziraphale/Crowley over the past week, and while it is disappointing, I am not at all surprised. The first inkling I had was upon seeing the reactions when a behind the scenes photo of Crowley as Bildad the Shuhite was posted just before the release of GO 2:

It seems that a lot of folks were expecting/hoping for fem!Crowley, as we saw in Golgotha in season 1 (on the right), and when that turned out not to be the case, the reaction was to call Bildad!Crowley ugly, to say that he should shave, and other comments essentially making fun of this particular look. Obviously, much of this could have (and likely was) made in jest, but the overall consensus was clear: You can't be feminine with a beard.

(Which...I'd like to see someone tell that to Michael Sheen, because yes, the fuck you can...)

So from the outset, I was already bothered by what seemed like the hypocrisy of on the one hand celebrating a show where the characters are genderfluid/nonbinary by definition, and then on the other hand getting upset when one character doesn't fit into a prescribed, conventional idea of femininity.

When Neil subsequently mentioned that there had been a storyline for female-presenting Aziraphale and Crowley in the 1960s, it was dismaying (but again, not surprising) to see these same fans casting female actresses in the roles. Never mind that you already had David playing female!Crowley and Nanny Ashtoreth in season 1. Never mind that both Michael and David have played...well, "drag" doesn't seem like exactly the right word, but they've played women, and brilliantly subverted gender roles in their own ways. There is no reason to think that they couldn't do a fabulous job as fem!presenting Aziraphale and Crowley, except that (again) some fans seem to have a specific idea of femininity that they think does not or cannot apply to Michael and David.

Which then brings us to the apparent clamoring for Anna and Georgia as female Aziraphale and Crowley, which has again left me scratching my head. In all of the tweets and hubbub, I have not seen one person say why they think AL and Georgia would do a good job in said roles--like, "Oh, Georgia was so good as [insert role]" or "I loved Anna as [insert role]"--only that they would be "so amazing." This leads me to think that the only reason these fans want AL and Georgia in the roles is because they are Michael and David's partners. They are assuming that this is somehow a guarantee of the same profound understanding of the characters and their connection, despite there being no evidence of such a correlation. (I mean...I fooled around with my former grad school professor last year, but that doesn't mean I have a PhD...)

What it also seems to indicate is that these folks are not thinking of what is best for the characters, either, or indeed if playing female!Aziraphale and Crowley is something AL or Georgia would even want to do. Neil recently said that Georgia turned down a role in GO 2 supposedly because the character was older than her and she didn't feel it was appropriate. If this is the case, why would Georgia want to play the role of a middle-aged character? Because that is what Aziraphale and Crowley are--ageless celestial beings, yes, but beings who have chosen to present as middle-aged. That is a key part of who they are, so to have the female versions of them played by younger actresses makes no sense and seems downright disrespectful.

There is also what you said, about AL's cringey tweet from a little over a week ago. Georgia could have absolutely responded to or acknowledged it by now, as she has responded to several other tweets since then...but she hasn't. Not a reply, not even a 'like.' And I agree with you that that seems to speak volumes, and that it would probably be a good idea if people looked beyond the Staged-driven narrative of "Georgia and AL are BFFs" to see how Georgia actually seems to feel about her.

(And to echo another thing you said, I will never understand how it is somehow completely fine for fans to ship Georgia and Anna/want to see them make out despite neither of them showing that level of affection toward each other or having any visible chemistry, yet not okay to ship Michael and David who do have that chemistry and have been making their feelings for each other very obvious for the last several years...)

So yes, those are my thoughts on the whole female Aziraphale/Crowley fancasting situation. I just hope that if we do get them as fem!presenting in season 3, that it is Michael and David, because there is no way any other two actors could give us what we got with Aziraphale and Crowley the way Michael and David did. I guess we'll see what happens...

[smspikyhampster]

THE TIME HAS COME TO NAME THE HAMSTER BABIES

Out of 46 votes here are the names of the 16 children between @neil-who-is-not-here and I:

Lucy Neil (Lucifer RealNeil)- 43 votes

Bildad the Shuite the 2nd- 42 votes

Vicktor Asmodeus- 37 votes

Moxxie Part 2- 35 votes

Jesus- 31 votes

Raine Avery- 29 votes

Aziracrow- 28 votes

Lil Maggot Prince-25 votes

Alex- 21 votes

Bildad- 21 votes

Asmi Ash- 19 votes

Daddy Gaiman- 19 votes

Yeshua- 19 votes

Lil Merle Jr- 18 votes

Angel Tombe- 16 votes

*Microwave Noises*

All of them have the surname Maggot-Menace. We are absolutely overjoyed about our children. I will be making birth certificates I WOULD ALSO LOVE LITTLE PICTURES OF THE CHILDREN IF YOU GUYS WANT TO MAKE THEM

WE HAVE 2 DAYS TILL THEY ARE BORN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am tagging everyone I can think of that is on the maggot server, if I miss people, please tag them too!

@weirdly-specific-but-ok @magicclemons @sideblog-of-the-maggotdom @chaos-frog @ivory--raven, @coppicegate @random-doctor-on-the-internet @wispedvellichor @thearoacemess, @anadyomena @achilles-in-a-blanket-burrito @queermarzipan